THE average Aussie student starts the day with cereal, travels by car to school and relaxes by spending time online; gaming if they are boys and social networking for girls.

A new Census at School snapshot from the Australian Bureau of Statistics also shows their favourite takeaway food is pizza or pasta (21.5 per cent), followed by hot chips (15.3 per cent).

They are more worried about stopping bullying than any other social issue, followed by having healthy habits, access to the internet and conserving water.

Environmental consciousness is high for the 21,617 students surveyed, with 86.9 per cent turning off the tap when they brush their teeth, more than 80 per cent of households recycling and more than half having shorter showers to save water and or turning off appliances to save power when not in use.

The survey also found more than half of final year and a third of year 10 students are in paid work, while 21.6 per cent of 15 year olds receive pocket money, compared to 15.4 per cent of 17 year olds.

The most preferred music for boys is hip-hop or rap, with 23 per cent describing it as their favourite, while 39.4 per cent of girls prefer pop and 15.3 per cent choose hip hop.

While cereal is the most common start to the day (38.7 per cent), followed by bread (27.5 per cent), there is still a large proportion of Aussie kids skipping the most important meal, with 13.9 per cent of respondents saying they had no breakfast and 0.9 per cent choosing lollies or potato chips.